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USS Morning Light - Reports of Capture

Enclosure to report dated April 1, 1863, by Acting Master Dillingham, U. S. Navy, late commanding U. S. ship Morning Light, to Commodore H. H. Bell (Page 3 of 3 pages). This report is in Volume 19 of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion.

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Report of Acting Master Dillingha, U. S. Navy, late commanding U. S. ship Morning Light,
to Commodore H. H. Bell

(Following is a transcription of the enclosure to the report, dated April 1, 1863, of Acting Master Dillingham, U. S. Navy, late commanding U. S. ship Morning Light, to Commodore H. H. Bell)

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List of offices and men of U. S. ship Morning Light, Captain John Dillingham, acting master, commanding - Continued.

List of officers and men of the U. S. ship Morning Light, John Dillingham, acting master, commanding.

	Name	Rank	Remarks
66	W.T. O'Brien	Landsman	Died Dec. 25, 1863, at Tyler, Tex.
67	Henry Bartlett	.....do.....	Exchanged
68	Peter Keenan	.....do.....	Died Nov. 30, 1863, at Camp Groce.
69	W.L.G. Smith	.....do.....	Negro.
70	J.H. Cleggett	.....do.....	Do.
71	Augustus Wode	.....do.....
72	Edward Williams	.....do.....	Do.
73	Issac Stubbs	.....do.....	Do.
74	David Saterfield	.....do.....	Do.
75	Joseph Plumber	.....do.....	Do.
76	C.R. Bliss	.....do.....	Exchanged.
77	Wm. Jenkins	.....do.....
78	W.H. Blaney	.....do.....	Do.
79	James Duffey	.....do.....	Dead. See report herewith.
80	John Soshia	.....do.....	Negro.
81	Edmund Carr	.....do.....	Do.
82	George H. Travis	First-class boy
83	Patrick Monon	.....do.....
84	M.C. Poulson	.....do.....
85	A.J. Seymour	Second-class boy	Do.
86	Alex Wilson	.....do.....	Do.
87	Boson Davis	Third-class boy	Do.
88	Jerry Chambers	.....do.....	Do.
89	Robert Green	.....do.....	Do.
90	Fray Francois	.....do.....	Do.
91	Phillip Soshia	.....do.....	Do.
92	Brazil Soshia	.....do.....	Do.
93	James Soshia	.....do.....	Negro. Died in Houston, March 21, 1863.
94	Gustav Louisiana	.....do.....	Negro.
95	Wm. Dread	.....do.....	Do.
96	Jerry Walker	.....do.....	Do.
97	Archy Vance	.....do.....	Do.
98	Anderson Shields	.....do.....	Do.
99	Robt. Johnson	.....do.....	Do.
100	George Bryan	.....do.....	Do.
101	Patk. Ferlin	Ordinary seaman	Killed in action, Jan. 21, 1863.
102	A.W. Marshall	.....do.....	Died from wound in brain, Jan. 27.

Total number of officers and men now in Houston, 107.

N.W. Hammond,

Actg. Volunteer Lieutenant Comdg., U. S. Schooner Velocity.

John Dillingham,

Actg. Master, U. S. N., late comdg. U. S. Ship Morning Light.

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